pannychis

The Vigil in this case was also called pannychis, because the greater part of the night was devoted to it.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Its first and most important part is the Night-watch (pannychis, our Nocturns); at dawn the orthros (Lauds) was sung; during the day the people met again at the third, sixth, and ninth hours, and at sunset for the hesperinos

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Methodius in his "Banquet of Virgins" (Symposion sive Convivium decem Virginum) subdivided the Night Office or pannychis into watches, but it is difficult to determine what he meant by these nocturnes.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Its character as a _pannychis_ [vigil] (Exodus xii.

Prolegomena Julius Wellhausen 1881